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Monday, January 30, 2017

The Miserable Life of Trump's Chump

Sean Spicer, Trump press secretary, has been accused of lying to
the media by repeating false claims by his boss about the size
of the crowd at the presidential inauguration.
When reporters nailed him with the facts, he accused them of being
dishonest. A few days later Spicer repeated an unsubstantiated claim that
“studies” had confirmed rampant voter fraud in the recent election. No such studies were found and several
members of Congress raised questions about the moral standards in the White
House.

It was then that the press secretary began showing signs of self-pity. The New York Times reported in its media
section (1/30/17) that Spicer insisted that the White House be given the
same leeway afforded news organizations when they make editorial or reporting errors. “I don’t know how many corrections are in the
New York Times any given day. But I don’t
wake up every day and go, ‘OK, you’re all liars.’”

A glance at the corrections published in the January 28th
edition of the Times is instructive:

In the obituary of
television star Mary Tyler Moore, the last name of actor Gavin MacLeod was
incorrectly spelled McLeod. Ms. Moore’s
1980 Tony Award was a special commendation and was not given in a competitive acting
category. The writer used an outdated
reference to the location of Ms. Moore’s home.

The name of a
prominent Korean businessman was misspelled in early editions in a story about
government corruption in that country.

An article on Academy
Award nominees misreported the production budget of one of the films. It should have been $1.5 million instead of
$5 million

The name of a pop
music organization mentioned in weekend entertainment listings was given as the
Country Music Awards when it should have been the Country Music Association Awards.

Who would have thought that the New York Times was awash in
such dishonesty?